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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.7.15.pr

Restoring Actions against Designated Heirs

Passage 7300 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julianus explains that if an emancipated child waives the possession of goods contrary to the will, a creditor can justly demand the restoration of their action against the designated heir.

[IULIANUS libro quarto digestorum. ] §44.7.15.prQui cum herede egit, exceptione summotus est hac: 'si non in ea causa tabulae testamenti sint, ut contra eas emancipato bonorum possessio dari possit'.
[JULIANUS, from the fourth book of Digests.] A person who brought an action against an heir was repelled by the following exception: "if the tablets of the will are not in such a condition that possession of goods can be given to an emancipated child contrary to them".
emancipato omittente bonorum possessionem non inique postulabit creditor restitui sibi actionem aduersus scriptum heredem: nam quamdiu bonorum possessio contra tabulas filio dari potest, heres quodammodo debitor non est.
If the emancipated child waives the possession of goods, the creditor will not unjustly demand that the action against the written heir be restored to him; for as long as possession of goods contrary to the will can be given to the son, the heir is in a certain sense not a debtor.

Notes

  1. §44.7.15.prin ea causa... ut... possit — The demonstrative 'ea' (such a state/condition) is followed by a consecutive 'ut' clause with the subjunctive 'possit', indicating the result or characteristic condition: 'that the tablets of the will are in such a state that possession of goods can be given to an emancipated child contrary to them'.
  2. §44.7.15.premancipato omittente bonorum possessionem — An ablative absolute construction with the present participle 'omittente', expressing a condition ('if the emancipated child waives') or time ('when the emancipated child waives').
  3. §44.7.15.prrestitui sibi actionem — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction functioning as the object of the verb 'postulabit'. The passive infinitive 'restitui' has 'actionem' as its subject, meaning 'that the action be restored to him'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.7.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.7.15.pr

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